Phocidae Family
The Baikal Seal (Pusa sibirica (Gmelin, 1788)) represents a remarkable example of mammalian evolution found in Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)...
144 species in this family.134 species in this category
Mammal (Gryphoca Van) - Facts & Information
Gryphoca Van Beneden, 1876
Mammal (Pristiphoca Gervais) - Facts & Information
Pristiphoca Gervais, 1852-53
Elephant Seals (Mirounga Gray) - Facts & Information
Mirounga Gray, 1827
Mammal (Prorosmarus) - Facts & Information
Prorosmarus Berry & Gregory, 1906
Mammal (Monotherium Van) - Facts & Information
Monotherium Van Beneden, 1876
Mammal (Alachtherium Du) - Facts & Information
Alachtherium Du Bus, 1867
Mammal (Batavipusa) - Facts & Information
Batavipusa Koretsky & Peters, 2008
Mammal (Monachopsis Kretzoi) - Facts & Information
Monachopsis Kretzoi, 1941
Mammal (Planopusa semenovi) - Facts & Information
Planopusa semenovi Koretsky & Rahmat, 2021
Atlantic Gray Seal; Atlantic Seal; Atlantische Grijze Zeehond; Baltic Gray Seal; Gray Seal; Horsehead Seal; Kegelrobbe; Long-Nosed Seal; Morloi Llwyd; Alichero; Boz Fok; Deavut; Foca Grigia; Foca Gris; Foka Szara; Grey Seal; Gri Fok; Grijze Zeehond; Gråsel; Gråsäl; Gråsæl; Halli; Havert; Horsehead; Ilgasnukis Ruonis; Kegelrob; Morlo Llwyd; Phoque Gris; Riehkku; Ránesnjuorju; Ròin Ghlasa; Ròin Liath; Ròin Mhòra; Ròn Glas; Ròn Liath; Ròn Mòr; Sivi Tjulenj; Ákcu; Γκρίζα Φώκια; Длинномордый; Довгомордий Тюлень; Или Серый Тюлень; יפעתן (Halichoerus grypus) - Facts & Information
Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791)
Atlantic Bearded Seal; Bartrobbe; Bearded Seal; Morloi Barfog; Pacific Bearded Seal; Baardrob; Barbatus; Blåsel; Brkati Tjulenj; Foca Barbata; Foca Barbuda; Foca Barbuta; Jiegis; Jiehkis; Jūrų Kiškis; Morlo Barfog; Nauticus; Phoque Barbu; Remmesæl; Ròin Fheusagach; Ròn Feusagach; Sakallı Fok; Squareflipper; Storkobbe; Storsäl; Ugruk; Áhpenjuorju; Лахтак; Морський Заєць; Лахтак Или Морской Заяц; כלב ים מזוקן; アゴヒゲアザラシ (Erignathus barbatus) - Facts & Information
Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777)
Mammal (BOLDADC) - Facts & Information
BOLD:ADC6093
Mammal (Neotherium Kellogg) - Facts & Information
Neotherium Kellogg, 1931
Mammal (Mesotaria Van) - Facts & Information
Mesotaria Van Beneden, 1876
Mammal (Callophoca obscura) - Facts & Information
Callophoca obscura Van Beneden, 1876
Akdeniz Foku; Lobo-Marinho; Mediterranean Monk Seal; Mittelmeer-Monchsrobbe; Mittelmeer-Mönchsrobbe; Mönchsrobbe; Phoque De La Méditerranée; Phoque-Moine Méditerranéen; Sredozemska Medvedjica; Foca Cu Burtă Albă; Foca Monaca; Foca Monje; Foca Monje Del Mediterráneo; Foca-Episcop; Foka E Mesdheut; Mniszka Śródziemnomorska; Monk Seal; Monniksrob; Munkesæl; Phoque Moine; Redozemska Medvedjica; Tyulen Monаh; Viduržemio Jūros Ruonis Vienuolis; Μεσογειακή Φώκια; Тюлен Монах; Тюлень Середземноморський; Тюлень-Монах; Тюлень-Монах Звичайний; Тюлень-Монах Середземноморський; כלב-ים ים-תיכוני (Monachus monachus) - Facts & Information
Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779)
Greenland Seal; Grenlandinis Ruonis; Grenlаndski Tyulen; Grönland Focu; Grönland Foku; Grönlanninhylje; Grønlandssæl; Harp Seal; Morlo Cyfrwyog; Morloi Cyfrwyog; Phogue Du Groenland; Saddleback Seal; Sattelrobbe; Vöðuselur; Dealljá; Foca Arpa; Foca De Groenlandia; Foca Della Groenlandia; Foca Pía; Foca-De-Groenlanda; Foka Grenlandzka; Grenlandski Tjulen; Grönlandssäl; Grønlandssel; Oaidu; Phoque Du Groenland; Ruoššanjuorju; Ròn Chlàrsaich; Ròn Clàrsaich; Sedlasti Tjulenj; Semer Foku; Semer Sırtlı Fok; Suvjádealljá; Zadelrob; Φώκια Της Γροιλανδίας; Гренландски Тюлен; Лысун; Тюлень Гренландський; Гренландский Тюлень; Гренландський Тюлень (Pagophilus groenlandicus) - Facts & Information
Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777)
Mammal (Seronectes Hafed) - Facts & Information
Seronectes Hafed, Koretsky, Nance, Koper & Rahmat, 2024
Mammal (Sarcodectes magnus) - Facts & Information
Sarcodectes magnus Rule, Adams, Rovinsky, Hocking, Evans & Fitzgerald, 2020
Mammal (Devinophoca) - Facts & Information
Devinophoca Koretsky & Holec, 2002
Phoque De Weddell; Weddell Seal; Weddell-Robbe (Leptonychotes weddellii) - Facts & Information
Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)
Bandrobbe; Phoque Rubané; Ribbon Seal; クラカケアザラシ (Histriophoca fasciata) - Facts & Information
Histriophoca fasciata (Zimmermann, 1783)
Mammal (Necromites Bogachev) - Facts & Information
Necromites Bogachev, 1940
Mammal (Acrophoca longirostris) - Facts & Information
Acrophoca longirostris de Muizon, 1981
Mammal (Aivukus) - Facts & Information
Aivukus Repenning & Tedford, 1977
Mammal (Hadrokirus Amson) - Facts & Information
Hadrokirus Amson & de Muizon, 2014
Mammal (Nanophoca Dewaele) - Facts & Information
Nanophoca Dewaele, Amson, Lambert & Louwye, 2017
Mammal (Noriphoca gaudini) - Facts & Information
Noriphoca gaudini Dewaele, Lambert & Louwye, 2018
Arctic Ringed Seal; Phoque Annelé (Pusa hispida) - Facts & Information
Pusa hispida hispida (Schreber, 1775)
Mammal (Pontophoca jutlandica) - Facts & Information
Pontophoca jutlandica Koretsky, Rahmat & Peters, 2014
Mammal (Terranectes parvus) - Facts & Information
Terranectes parvus Rahmat, Koretsky, Osborne & Alford, 2017
Atlantic Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) - Facts & Information
Erignathus barbatus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777)
Mammal (Trichecodon Lankester) - Facts & Information
Trichecodon Lankester, 1865
Mammal (Eomonachus Rule) - Facts & Information
Eomonachus Rule, Adams, Marx, Evans, Tennyson, Scofield & Fitzgerald, 2020
Mammal (Virginiaphoca magurai) - Facts & Information
Virginiaphoca magurai Dewaele, Peredo, Meyvisch & Louwye, 2018
Saima Seal; Saimaa Seal (Pusa hispida) - Facts & Information
Pusa hispida saimensis (Nordquist, 1899)
Common Hawaiian Monk Seal; Foca Monje De Hawai; Hawaii-Monchsrobe; Hawaiian Monk Seal; Phoque D'Hawai (Monachus schawinslandi) - Facts & Information
Monachus schawinslandi Fleming, 1822
Mammal (Icaphoca choristodon) - Facts & Information
Icaphoca choristodon Dewaele & Muizon, 2025
Mammal (Homiphoca de) - Facts & Information
Homiphoca de Muizon & Hendey, 1980
Mammal (BOLDAAE) - Facts & Information
BOLD:AAE5172
Mammal (Hadrokirus martini) - Facts & Information
Hadrokirus martini Amson & de Muizon, 2013
Mammal (Pliophoca Tavani) - Facts & Information
Pliophoca Tavani, 1942
Pacific Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) - Facts & Information
Erignathus barbatus nauticus (Pallas, 1811)
Mammal (Magophoca brevirostris) - Facts & Information
Magophoca brevirostris Dewaele & de Muizon, 2024
Mammal (Sarmatonectes Koretsky) - Facts & Information
Sarmatonectes Koretsky, 2001
Mammal (BOLDAAX) - Facts & Information
BOLD:AAX4799
Ungava Harbor Seal; Freshwater Seal (Phoca vitulina) - Facts & Information
Phoca vitulina mellonae Doutt, 1942
Mammal (Auroraphoca Dewaele) - Facts & Information
Auroraphoca Dewaele, Peredo, Meyvisch & Louwye, 2018
Mammal (Terranectes Rahmat) - Facts & Information
Terranectes Rahmat, Koretsky, Osborne & Alford, 2017
Mammal (BOLDABY) - Facts & Information
BOLD:ABY8426
Mammal (Platyphoca danica) - Facts & Information
Platyphoca danica Koretsky, Rahmat & Peters, 2014
Mammal (Homiphoca capensis) - Facts & Information
Homiphoca capensis (Hendey & Repenning, 1972)
Mammal (Prophoca Van) - Facts & Information
Prophoca Van Beneden, 1876
Mammal (Kawas benegasorum) - Facts & Information
Kawas benegasorum Cozzuol, 2001
Mammal (BOLDABZ) - Facts & Information
BOLD:ABZ3796
Crabeater Seal; Krabbenfresser; Phogue Crabier (Lobodon carcinophaga) - Facts & Information
Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842)
Phoque De Ross; Ross Seal; Ross-Robbe; Bigeyed Seal (Ommatophoca rossii) - Facts & Information
Ommatophoca rossii Gray, 1844
Larga Seal; Largha-Seehund; Nordamerikanischer Seehund; Phoque Tacheté; Spotted Seal; Largha Seal; ゴマフアザラシ (Phoca largha) - Facts & Information
Phoca largha Pallas, 1811
Hair Seals; Harbor Seals; Norpat (Phoca Linnaeus) - Facts & Information
Phoca Linnaeus, 1758
Mammal (Pusa Scopoli) - Facts & Information
Pusa Scopoli, 1771
Mönchsrobbe; Phoques Moines; Foca Monaca; Fok; Mniszka; Monk Seals; Munkeseler; Ruoniai Vienuoliai; Φώκιες Μοναχοί; Тюлень-Монах; Тюлени-Монахи (Monachus Fleming) - Facts & Information
Monachus Fleming, 1822
El; El ¢ Phant-De-Mer Boréal; Elefante-Marino Norteño; Nordlicher See-Elefant; Northern Elephant Seal; Nördlicher See-Elefant; Northern Sea Elephant (Mirounga angustirostris) - Facts & Information
Mirounga angustirostris (Gill, 1866)
Leopard Seal; Léopard De Mer; Sea Leopard; Seeleopard (Hydrurga leptonyx) - Facts & Information
Hydrurga leptonyx (de Blainville, 1820)
Atlantic Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus) - Facts & Information
Halichoerus grypus atlantica Nehring, 1886
Mammal (Praepusa Kretzoi) - Facts & Information
Praepusa Kretzoi, 1941
Mammal (Paleophoca Beneden) - Facts & Information
Paleophoca Beneden, 1859
Mammal (Imagotaria Mitchell) - Facts & Information
Imagotaria Mitchell, 1968
Mammal (Neomonachus) - Facts & Information
Neomonachus Slater & Helgen in Scheel, Slater, Kolokotronis, Potter, Rotstein, Tsangaras et al., 2014
Mammal (Pliophoca etrusca) - Facts & Information
Pliophoca etrusca Tavani, 1941
Mammal (Messiphoca de) - Facts & Information
Messiphoca de Muzon, 1981
Mammal (Terranectes magnus) - Facts & Information
Terranectes magnus Rahmat, Koretsky, Osborne & Alford, 2017
Mammal (Icaphoca) - Facts & Information
Icaphoca Dewaele & Muizon, 2025
Mammal (BOLDAAF) - Facts & Information
BOLD:AAF3482
Pacific Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) - Facts & Information
Phoca vitulina richardii (Gray, 1864)
Mammal (Kamtschatarctos Dubrovo) - Facts & Information
Kamtschatarctos Dubrovo, 1981
Arctic Ringed Seal; Baltic Sea Ringed Seal; Fjord Seal; Jar Seal; Lake Ladoga Ringed Seal; Lake Saimaa Ringed Seal; Morlo Cylchog; Morloi Cylchog; Ringed Seal; Ringelrobbe; Sea Of Okhotsk Ringed Seal; Botnica; Foca Anillada; Foca Dagli Anelli; Foca Ocelada; Foka Obrączokwana; Gahtte; Gáhtti; Halkali Fok; Hispida; Kleine Zeehond; Kolobarjasti Tjulenj; Kıvrak Fok; Ladogensis; Nerpa Obrączkowana; Norppa; Ochotensis; Phoque Annelé; Phoque Marbré; Ringelrob; Ringsel; Ringsæl; Ròin Chearcallach; Ròn Cearcallach; Saimensis; Snadd; Stinkrob; Velu; Vikare; Vikarsäl; Žieduotasis Ruonis; Δακτυλιοφόρος Φώκια; Кільчаста Нерпа; Нерпа Кільчаста; Акіба; Кольчатая Нерпа; Нерпа Кольчатая; ワモンアザラシ (Pusa hispida) - Facts & Information
Pusa hispida (Schreber, 1775)
Mammal (Cryptophoca) - Facts & Information
Cryptophoca Koretsky & Ray, 1994
Mammal (Acrophoca de) - Facts & Information
Acrophoca de Muizon, 1981
Mammal (Leptophoca True) - Facts & Information
Leptophoca True, 1906
Mammal (Frisiphoca Dewaele) - Facts & Information
Frisiphoca Dewaele, Lambert & Louwye, 2018
Blöðruselur; Crested Seal; Hooded Seal; Klappmtitze; Klappmütze; Morloi Cycyllog; Phoque A Capuchon; Balonlu Fok; Bladdernose Seal; Cistofora Crestata; Foca Capuchina; Foca Dal Berretto; Foca Dalla Cresta; Foca De Casco; Kapičasti Tjulen; Kapturnik Grzebieniasty; Klapmuts; Klapmyds; Klappmyss; Morlo Cycyllog; Phoque À Capuchon; Phoques; Pūsliasnukis Ruonis; Ròin Churracach; Ròn Curracach; Ávjjur; Κουκουλοφόρος Φώκια; Тюлень-Хохлач; Хохлач (Cystophora cristata) - Facts & Information
Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)
Bearded Seals (Erignathus Gill) - Facts & Information
Erignathus Gill, 1866
Mammal (Noriphoca Dewaele) - Facts & Information
Noriphoca Dewaele, Lambert & Louwye, 2018
Mammal (BOLDAAD) - Facts & Information
BOLD:AAD5778
Lake Ladoga Seal (Pusa hispida) - Facts & Information
Pusa hispida lagodensis Nordquist, 1899
Mammal (Phocanella Van) - Facts & Information
Phocanella Van Beneden, 1876
Mammal (Eomonachus belegaerensis) - Facts & Information
Eomonachus belegaerensis Rule, Adams, Marx, Evans, Tennyson, Scofield & Fitzgerald, 2020
Mammal (Kawas Cozzuol) - Facts & Information
Kawas Cozzuol, 2001
Mammal (Gryphoca nordica) - Facts & Information
Gryphoca nordica Koretsky, Rahmat & Peters, 2014
Mammal (Afrophoca) - Facts & Information
Afrophoca Koretsky & Domning, 2014
Caspian Seal; Kaspi-Ringelrobbe; Kaspijinis Ruonis; Kaspische Robbe; Kаspiyski Tyulen; Phoque De La Caspienne; Foca Del Caspio; Foka Kaspijska; Hazar Foku; Φώκια Της Κασπίας; Каспийски Тюлен; Каспійська Нерпа; Нерпа Каспійська; Нерпа Каспийская (Pusa caspica) - Facts & Information
Pusa caspica (Gmelin, 1788)
Mammal (Palmidophoca) - Facts & Information
Palmidophoca Ginsburg & Janvier, 1976
Gray Seals; Hallit (Halichoerus Nilsson) - Facts & Information
Halichoerus Nilsson, 1820
Mammal (Piscophoca de) - Facts & Information
Piscophoca de Muizon, 1981
Mammal (Lobodon Gray) - Facts & Information
Lobodon Gray, 1844
Baltic Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus) - Facts & Information
Halichoerus grypus grypus (Fabricius, 1791)
Mammal (Magophoca Dewaele) - Facts & Information
Magophoca Dewaele & de Muizon, 2024
Mammal (Planopusa) - Facts & Information
Planopusa Koretsky & Rahmat, 2021
Elefante Marino Del Sur; Eléphant De Mer Austral; Eléphant De Mer Du Sud; Eléphant-De-Mer Austral; Siidlicher See-Elefant; South Atlantic Elephant Seal; South Atlantic Elephant-Seal; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant-Seal; Suidelike Olifantrob; Südlicher See-Elefant; Southern Sea Elephant; Éléphant De Mer Austral (Mirounga leonina) - Facts & Information
Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mammal (Pachyphoca) - Facts & Information
Pachyphoca Koretsky & Rahmat, 2013